Archive for December, 2009
Update on Sansom Odom Appeal 1st DCA opinion 09-5158
Well if you remember the October 15th Post on the Motion to Dismiss charges against Sansom and Odom, we predicted the odds of a reversal on appeal would be slim, and the IST DCA has just turned down the appeal as to Sansom and Odom as one that that State had no jurisdiction to file. […]
Read Full Entry »Ist DCA issues ruling in Prison Ministries Case- Finds Plaintiffs have stated a Claim
This morning the First DCA issued its decision in 08-4713 COUNCIL FOR SECULAR HUMANSIM, INC., RICHARD HULL and ELAINE HULL, v. WALTER A. MCNEIL, in his official capacity as Secretary of Corrections of Florida: PRISONERS OF CHRIST, INC., a Florida corporation; and LAMB OF GOD MINISTRIES, INC., Florida corporation. The Court basically reversed the trial […]
Read Full Entry »Selective Empathy – Opinionator Blog – NYTimes.com
Selective Empathy – Opinionator Blog – NYTimes.com. Greenhouse has some interesting thoughts about a very unusual per curiam opinion that was issued by the U. S. Supreme Court in a Florida ineffective assistance of counsel capital case, Porter, this week. Basically, the court said that failure to present evidence at the sentencing portion of the […]
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